A last ditch attempt will be made to keep the glass plant in Lavington from closing. Vernon mayor Wayne Lippert will arrange a meeting with Coldstream's mayor and the chairman of NORD to see if something can be done. Lippert realizes it may be too late with the plant expected to close this Friday. "We need to go ahead and try to do something. We've had some discussions elsewhere, some in-camera, that have prompted this at this time, to be able to try and do something. Yes, it would have nice to do something sooner but we have been working on some things. It may be last ditch, but better off to try it now, than later on." Lippert says if they can't hold off the closure, they may be able to help find a buyer, or other uses for the site. He says the lower dollar could make the plant more viable. Owens Illinois cited economic factors when it announced the closure two months ago. It will put 300 people out of work, although an undetermined number of employees and manager Tom Herger will remain on for up to six months to decommission the plant.
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